Washington: US President Donald Trump has replaced a portrait of Barack Obama in the White House with a painting of himself showing moments after he survived a murder attempt.

The 78-year-old Republican moved the image of Democrat on Friday-the only black US president-to the opposite side of the great entry in the famous residence.

The move is very unusual for a sitting president as most people have to wait to leave the office before they get their portrait shown in the historic 200-year-old building.

“Some new works of art in the White House,” the White House said at X, along with a video of people walking past Trump’s new image in the room at the main staircase where Obamas had previously hung.

The new painting captures the dramatic moment when a bloody Trump raised the fist and shouted “battle” after being shot in the ear of a gunman in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024.

An official in the White House said they did not immediately have information about the artist behind the painting. It closely resembles a photograph of the same moment taken by Associated Press (AP) News Agency.

Several officials in the White House later published pictures of Trump’s painting, which also shows Obama’s portrait nearby.

“The Obama portrait was just moved a few meters away,” said the Director of Communications at The White House, Steven Cheung on X – while telling a critic of the move to “pipe down, moron.”

It is common for US presidents to change portraits of their predecessors, often keeping them from the latest office holders in the main entrance.

Obama’s portrait was revealed in 2022 by then -President Joe Biden. It portrays the 44th president in a black suit and gray tie against a regular white background.

However, the White House reflects Fanfare surrounding Switch, Trump’s long -standing and bitter rivalry with Obama, earning from 2009 to 2017.

Trump launched his political career by pushing the racist and false “Birther” conspiracy theory that mistakenly claimed Obama was not a natural born American.

In contrast, Obama repeatedly mocked Trump – most famous during a Stege of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in 2011.

The move also highlights how the former reality -tv star has never thrown themselves away from honoring themselves in his various homes.

He recently hung just outside The Oval Office, a gold -framed version of his mugshot from a case of alleged attempts to interfere with the 2020 election.

In his MAR-A-LAGO residence in Florida, he has a great bronze sculpture that captures his defiant reaction to the Butler murder attempt.